A gloriously nerdy competition site — built in Silverlight — for staging the most ridiculous developer challenges at tech conferences.
🏆 The Unbeatable Banzuke📍 South Florida CodeCamp 2009🗓️ Feb 7, 2009 · Ft. Lauderdale
What is it?
Competitive coding, with a sense of humor
UnbeatableGeek.com gave developer conferences a playful main event: teams faced off in absurd, skill-and-silliness challenges. The site handled sign-ups, the challenge roster, winners and a rich Silverlight photo gallery — all wrapped in a bold, cartoon-fun brand. Click any screen to enlarge.
Home
Home · Radial Menu
Home. A playful radial menu orbits the flaming-haired iGeek mascot — pure Silverlight animation and personality.
Pictures
Pictures · 3D Coverflow
Pictures. A 3D coverflow gallery of the first Unbeatable Banzuke — Silverlight's perspective & reflection effects on full display.
Challenges
Challenges
Challenges. The official roster plus community-suggested events — submitted by real conference speakers.
Winners
Winners
Winners. Bragging rights, immortalized — the champions of Unbeatable Geek #1.
The challenges
Equal parts skill and absurdity
The actual events from South Florida CodeCamp — yes, these really happened.
Challenge #1
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Coding & Eating
Code something (add 2 numbers together) with one hand, while eating with the other. The code and the food must finish at the exact same time. The food of choice? Spam, Nerds and Red Bull.
Submitted by Zain Naboulsi
Challenge #2
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Broken Arm Programming
One person codes blindfolded; the other gives directions while eating Saltine crackers — and may only describe what to do, never helping directly. Communication is everything.
Submitted by Daniel Egan & Todd Anglin
Suggested Challenges
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CRUD Crunch
Build a CRUD screen in .NET in under 10 minutes. Bonus points for filtering and sorting.
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Jenga Mountain
Move a Jenga set brick-by-brick from A to B — normal Jenga rules, 2-minute limit.
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Team Texting
Two people text a full document — one reading, one typing — against a steep clock.
Hall of fame
Champions of Unbeatable Geek #1
The first-ever Unbeatable Geek crowned its legends.
